Dear Readers, When I look back at the almost 19 years of running the Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Clubs I think about the highlights through the years. Getting to meet the authors in PERSON, completing that connection of author to reader, that is what I do. Put great books in the hands of great readers and then celebrating all those books at the end of the year at our annual Pulpwood Queen Girlfriend Weekend. I have seen the delight on the faces of book club members as …
The Pulpwood Queen Talks About The Power of the Story!
Dear friends, Pulpwood Queen Author, Kerry Madden-Lunsford One thing I know for true, the power of the story can change everything. I have said this before and I will say it again, read aloud to your babies, your children, your friends, and family, to strangers. Reading aloud is telling a story. Yesterday Pulpwood Queen author, Kerry Madden-Lunsford shared a feature as she wrote about this, …
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The Pulpwood Queen Has An Important Message on Phil Wall’s Documentary!
Dear Readers! I have an incredible letter and opportunity to help one of our Pulpwood Queen Book Club Selections go to film. Read All About It! We are making a difference in our lives every time we read and share one of our incredible Pulpwood Queen and Timber Guy Book Club Selections. Let us hope this documentary goes to film soon! Truly, Tiara Wearing and Book Sharing, Kathy L. Murphy Founder of the Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Clubs Reading …
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The Pulpwood Queen Welcomes Guest Blogger, Author Peter Golden!
Dear Readers, My MacBook Air may be on its last leg so posting this series of blogs by Pulpwood Queen Book Club Author Peter Golden before it totally crashes. Peter was brought to my attention by Shelf Awareness Guru Robert Gray. I read his columns volraciously and he mentioned Peter and his first book. I read it and had found a NEW author to bring to our fold and now this is his third book that I have selected as an Official Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys read by Peter Golden! Thanks, …
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The Pulpwood Queen Shares Her Inspiration!
The Pulpwood Queen as Mother Nature! Every morning I bound out of bed at my little cabin in the woods, Murphy's Law, to begin my day! My cat, wakes me up very early, the little monster, but after being fortified with some seriously dark coffee I begin my writing. Then on to work or my blog or since I am off today, my art. I draw my inspiration from all the art from my travels, gifts from my artist friends, and those works that I have purchased. I am very eclectic in my interests …
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The Pulpwood Queen Crowns Stephanie Chance Queen for Forever!
This morning I wrote about my dear, dear friend Stephanie Chance but I decided to also share that post below on this blog and write a bit more. Sometimes God places people in your life that you have come to realize are worth more than all the diamonds and successes in the world. One of those people is Stephanie Chance. Here are just a few of our photos of our big adventures then you can read what I posted on Facebook today. Everybody should be so very fortunate to have a friend like …
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The Pulpwood Queen Speaks to Silver Leos Writers Guild at Texas A & M in Commerce, Texas!
Yesterday, Tiajuana Anderson Neel and I headed to Texas A & M University in Commerce, Texas to speak to the Silver Leos Writers Guild invited by Sharon Lamkin Feldt. This past Saturday they had done a fundraiser for my dear friend the late great Dr. Fred Tarpley who amongst many things wrote one of the best books on Jefferson, Texas out there. Featured at that conference were Pulpwood Queen Book Club Authors, Bobbi Kornblit and Reavis Wortham, who will be my co-host at the next …
The Pulpwood Queens Talks of AHA Moments!
Today's blog I wish to discuss those AHA moments. That was a new phrase for me back years and years ago when I first began writing "The Pulpwood Queens' Tiara Wearing, Book Sharing Guide to Life" published by Grand Central Publishing My literary agent, Marly Rusoff of Marly Rusoff and Associates in New Yor, who gave me the title for my book on my memoir on how books saved me and why on was on a mission to get everybody reading, asked me to write of AHA moments when writing my book. "What is …
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The Pulpwood Queen Talks About Libraries and Shares a Special Author!
Dear Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club members and readers everywhere, Above is the is the Eureka Carnegie Library that I wrote about in my book, "The Pulpwood Queens' Tiara Wearing, Book Sharing Guide to Life". This was my sanctuary and the one place I could go and make the most amazing discoveries. Walking up those stairs back in the 60's seem ominous to me but as I entered the sweet librarians welcomed me with open arms and gave me a treasure trove of reading. I would never …
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The Pulpwood Queen Launches Her New Career as an Artist!
Dear Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club members and dear, dear friends and encouragers everywhere! Just like the Buddy Holly "Everyday", ( that was one of my father's favorites), "Everyday", I have had a series of ups and downs in my life.. My down being having to start over my life again in my late 50's. I got kicked to the curb my friends. But I just brushed off my bruised ego and jumped back on the horse to ride, ride, ride and went back to college at 59. My up was …
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The Pulpwood Queen Says “Let me be like Scout”, from “To Kill a Mockingbird”!
Dear Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club members and readers everywhere, Life is hard. I woke up this morning thinking about the state of affairs of the world today. Time to get real. Everything that I have learned come from a lifetime of reading books. I was a pretty naive kid, small-town Kansas born and raised. I had no street smarts, shy, introverted, I escaped into books when things got really scary. I am the same way now in many ways. I have just learned to mask my fears …
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The Pulpwood Queen On The Road with Tiajuana Anderson Neel Promoting Literacy!
Dear Pulpwood Queens, Timber Guys, Book Club Members, Readers! Since Girlfriend Weekend it has been a whirlwind of activity but I have some exciting news to report! We have a brand spanking NEW Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club chapter, The Pulpwood Queens of Collin County, Texas which is Frisco, Plano, and McKinney, Texas area. See photo below of the beginning chapter. Now, none of this would have ever happened if not for Tijuana telling her friends, Debbie and Gary Roper, …
The Pulpwood Queen Has First Solo Exhibition titled “Bookland”!
Dear Pulpwood Queens, Timber Guys, Book and Art lovers everywhere! Traveled yesterday to Northeast Texas Community College for my first ever solo art exhibition at The Whatley Center thanks to the lovely invitation from Debbie Strong. Below are the photos of the event and special thanks to Debbie Strong, Mt. Pleasant Head Librarian, Helen Strong and to the President of the college and his wife, and all who came to the event. Even though the day was dismal with all the rain and weather, my …
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The Pulpwood Queen Shares all the Good News!
Dear Readers! This has been quite a month. Seems like my head has hardly hit the pillow when it is time for me to hit the road to my next big adventure. This week, headed to Mt. Pleasant, Northeast Texas Community College to be exact as have my FIRST solo exhibition BOOKLAND at The Whatley Callery and Center. Perhaps those in the area can grab a friend and come hear me speak on my art! Kathy L. Murphy at The Whatley Gallery at Northeast Texas Community College The Northeast Texas …
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The Pulpwood Queen Now Fascinated With History!
Dear Readers, I have found since I graduated from college that I have become very nostalgic and fascinated with history. All time periods but am especially drawn to the history of my own personal history and sense of place. The place that I that I will forever call home, Eureka! Yes, Eureka, Kansas is my hometown and my former high school coach and history teacher posted this today! Mike Pitko Southern Kansas Academy was a Christian school built in 1885. It was …
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The Pulpwood Queen Shares her Art as Portals Into Your Own Imaginations To Make NEW Discoveries!
Dear Readers and Art Lovers! Kathy L. Murphy P.O. Box 1220 Hawkins, Texas 75765 – 1220 thepulpwoodqueen@gmail.com Artist Statement A chimerical landscape is created not of what has been seen but of what is in one’s mind. My desire is for the viewer to escape the real world and be transported and transformed to other worlds using their own life’s experiences, their own imaginations, and their own stories. Alcohol and India ink paintings create an atmosphere for the …
ATTENTION! The Pulpwood Queen Announces a Really Big Contest, The Pulpwood Queen and Timber Guy Roundup to Girlfriend Weekend 2019!
Dear Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Clubs Members and readers everywhere! My trusty sidekick, Tiajuana Anderson Neel and I, think The Lone Ranger and Tonto are ready to ride and blaze a trail for literacy. We both have Native American roots, so not sure which is Tonto or The Lone Ranger but we believe so much in the power of attending our annual Pulpwood Queen Girlfriend Weekend HOW THE WEST WAS WON Reading Roundup that we have come up with the ultimate contest. From now until …
The Pulpwood Queen Announces NEW Co-Host for Girlfriend Weekend 2019, Author, REAVIS Z. WORTHAM!
Dear Readers! I am as pleased as punch to officially announce that for 2019 Girlfriend Weekend, Author, Reavis Z. Wortham will be not only my Co-Host but a Keynote Speaker for Girlfriend Weekend. With our theme being HOW THE WEST WAS WON, Reavis Z. Wortham just fit the bill and the hat too I might add to a T! Our dear Jamie Ford is been given a break as co-host as recuperating from his amazing book tour and the fact that his wife Leesha Ford is running for office in Montana! In keeping …
The Pulpwood Queen Announces 2018 Book Club Selections, so far…
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Kathy L. Murphy Founder of the Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Clubs Email: thepulpwoodqueen@gmail.com January 22, 2018 Holly Lake Ranch, Tx - I am pleased to announce the following Official reads for The Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club Reading Nation, now 750 chapters strong making us the largest "meeting and discussing" book club in the world. All books selected have been selected by me after reading more …
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The Pulpwood Queen Asks “Can I get a Witness?”
Dear Pulpwood Queens, Timber Guys, Book Club members, our Authors, and Book Lovers Everywhere! Honestly, I did not even have to ask, the testamonies on attending our annual book club gathering and fesitval just keep pouring in so sharing what some of our authors and book club members are saying about Girlfriend Weekend 2018. There words speak for themselves. Betty Hunt Koval 13 January at 06:10 · Pulpwood Queen Betty Koval with author, Judithe Little If any of my …
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The Pulpwood Queen Asks,”Do You Need An Editor?”
Dear Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club Members, Readers, Writers, Authors, Book Lovers Everywhere! When it comes to writing everybody needs a good editor, so when I heard this breaking news from Pulpwood Queen Author, Julie Perkins Cantrell, winner of a Crossover Pulpwood Queen Book of the Year, multiple Christy Award winner, my heart began to sing! So shouting from the rooftops, here is one that I can guarantee will take to where you need to be in the publishing world. There is …
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The Pulpwood Queen Post Highlights of our Bohemian Rhapsody Girlfriend Weekend 2018!
Dear Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guy Book Club members, our Authors, and book lovers everywhere! Madeleine Alexandrite Patrick and her momster, Kathy L. Murphy! Favorite photo of the weekend, Author, John Warley as in "Butterflies are Free"! The #1 Highlight of Girlfriend Weekend was after tallying the Author Silent Auction items we raised $2,140.00 with ALL proceeds to go to The Pat Conroy Literary Center. A big shout to Author, John Warley, a personal friend of Pat Conroy for …
The Pulpwood Queen Announces Our Pulpwood Queen Books of the Year and more Awards!
Dear Pulpwood Queens, Timber Guys, Book Clubs, and Booklovers everywhere! PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Kathy L. Murphy Email: thepulpwoodqueen@gmail.com January 15, 2018 Nacogdoches, Texas - The Pulpwood Queen is pleased to announce the following 2017 Pulpwood Queen Awards and for Books of the Year! Pulpwood Queen Book of the Year - "One Good Mama Bone" by Brenda McClain Author, Brenda McClain at the Friday night Author Dinner ready to wait the tables …
The Pulpwood Queen On The Road Again to our 18th Annual Pulpwood Queen Girlfriend Weekend!
Dear Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club Members, our Authors, Readers, and Book Lovers Everywhere! Almost packed up to travel to my annual Pulpwood Queen Girlfriend Weekend but do note, I live in a gated community with SECURITY! Tarzan one of my pets keeps guard, as well as, my house sitters. Though the only thing I have of value at my house is all my books, just wanted to let any potential criminal know, I am well protected at home. Did I mention bear traps throughout my …
The Pulpwood Queen Explains the BIG PICTURE on our Annual Girlfriend Weekend 2018!
Dear Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club Members, our Authors, all Book Lovers and those planning on attending our Annual book club convention that we call GIRLFRIEND WEEKEND! Let's talk about Girlfriend Weekend. What is it? For one weekend a year, always Martin Luther King Weekend as I too have a big dream, I invite in first all the authors of the books we have read, or are reading, or will be reading for 2018. You see I created this book club so I could discuss books, the books …
The Pulpwood Queen Talks About Playing Dress Up!
Dear Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club Members and Book Lovers Everywhere! Being a grown-up is hard, in fact, sometimes it is practically no fun at all. You have a job, you go to work and you have to work to get the pay to pay for all the every mounting bill. There is no recess in adult life unless you save and save them maybe you can get a weekend off to do something that perhaps is fun! Welcome to Pulpwood Queen Girlfriend Weekend! When I was a child I got lost in books. …
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The Pulpwood Queen Offers a Special Thanks to Simon & Schuster Publishers!
Dear Pulpwood Queens, Timber Guys, Girlfriend Weekend Attendees! The Pulpwood Queens, Timber Guys, and I would personally like to acknowledge and thank, Simon & Schuster Publishers for sending in 40 boxes of advance gallerys and books to give away to all the attendees of my annual book club convention we call Girlfriend Weekend. They also took out a full-page ad in my Girlfriend Weekend 2018 program this year. There is nothing more that I love to do than share great authors, their …
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The Pulpwood Queen Speaks of her favorite charity, The Pat Conroy Literacy Center!
Dear Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club members and book lovers everywhere! You know I said in my first book, "The Pulpwood Queens' Tiara Wearing, Book Sharing Guide to Life" that books saved me. They did, as they gave me an escape and a positive addition to improving my life. I found myself through reading. The first book that my 4th-grade teacher personally handed me as she thought I would relate to the character was "Honestly, Katie John" by Mary Calhoun and I devoured that …
The Pulpwood Queen Reflects on the Ripple in the Pond!
Dear Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Clubs and book lovers everywhere! Yesterday I was a fireman, putting out fires left and right as I worked out the final details for my annual book club convention. But perhaps, in reflection, it is better to know when to learn and pass the hose to the one person more capable as I did to my sidekick Tiajuana Neal, the best shotgun in the world. What was taking me all day to keep the fires at bay, Tiajuana handled it seemed in a matter of seconds. …
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The Pulpwood Queen Asks “Do You Believe in Magic?”
Dear Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guy Book Club Members and the Arts Lovers Everywhere! Do you believe in magic? I do. I believe in magic, in fairy tales, in happy endings, and in authors, books, literacy, reading, and the arts. Some perhaps find fault in my belief that we must never lose the magic of the wonder of a child. I sometimes feel that I go back and forth between being Peter Pan to Tinkerbell to Wendy and even to the Lost Boys but I have created my own magical world in which I …
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